The Russian Chess Federation is suspending a participant who’s going through jail time for allegedly making an attempt to poison her rival with mercury throughout a chess event. Chess.com reviews: Amina Abakarova, a 40-year-old chess coach from Makhachkala within the Russian Republic of Dagestan, is accused of making an attempt to poison her rival, 30-year-old Umayganat Osmanova. The incident unfolded through the Dagestan Chess Championship on August 2, in line with a Telegram channel that first reported on the story, and is now making headlines in state-run Russian information media in addition to reaching world media as nicely. Safety digital camera footage reveals the incident the place Abakarova calmly walked over to the board the place Osmanova was supposed to seem 20 minutes later. It was reported that she’d beforehand requested if cameras have been in operation and been informed that they weren’t. She then smeared what is alleged to be probably lethal mercury from a thermometer.
Osmanova mentioned she started feeling unwell half-hour later, complaining of nausea and dizziness, prompting a right away name for medical help. Medical doctors ultimately concluded that poisoning was a probable trigger. After reviewing the footage from safety cameras, the arbiter reported it to the police and Abakarova was detained, rtv1.com reviews. […] Abakarova has reportedly confessed that she wished to “knock her opponent out of the event,” admitting “private hostility” towards Osmanova, who had per week earlier received the Dagestan Fast Championship above her on tiebreaks. The plan was to not hurt Osmanova, however to scare her, in line with a police report quoted by Russian media.
Abakarova has now been detained by police and is going through as much as three years in jail, in line with The Mirror. Andrey Filatov, the President of the Russian Chess Federation, has additionally confirmed that Abakarova is briefly suspended from Russian chess occasions, pending an investigation into the incident. She is probably going through a lifetime ban. […] Regardless of falling in poor health, Osmanova totally recovered and continued the event, ultimately ending in second place and profitable a prize. Abakarova was expelled after the fourth spherical and is unlikely to play chess once more anytime quickly.
